Bidspirit auction | An open letter to Sir

An open letter to Sir Moses Montefiore First edition. London 1875. - Published in honor of Montefiore’s seventh visit to Jerusalem, with letters written by R. Meir Auerbach and R. Shmuel Salant. With an additional lengthy narrative written by Montefiore entitled: Diary of His Sojourn in the Holy Land. Hebrew and English. Sir Moses Montefiore (1784-1885), was a Jewish English financier and banker, advocate of social reform and philanthropist who served as Sheriff of London. He devoted most of his life to assisting Jewish communities worldwide, particularly the Jews of the Holy Land to whom he donated large sums of money to promote health, education and industry. Amongst his many noble endeavors was the financing of a printing press in Yerusholayim as a means of providing a livelihood for the impoverished residents of the old Yishuv. With photograph of Montefiore in cover. Wertheimer press. 148; 40 pages. 24.5 cm. Fine condition, original binding, slight wear to spine. Gilt edged pages. Opening bid $200